#1542, Monday, November 16: The perils of the easily tempted

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Post 1542, Day 320 of 2015
- 1,781 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

It is painful to realize how extremely badly my diabetic body reacts to refined carbohydrates. Over the weekend, I had an unusual amount of same, including various breads, crackers, pretzels.

The result? An impressive four-plus pound weight gain over the weekend. Why, you may ask, do I blame carbohydrates, when I also had some fat and my usual amount of protein? Because with the carbs, I ate less calories than I do on my normal high-protein, high-fat, carbs-from-vegetables diet.

I lost a lot of weight doing one day a week high-carb. My doctor was delighted, but suggested that that one "cheat day" was doing me real harm.

Maybe I should have questioned him more, but I cut out that one day for the occasional cheat. But the times when I cheat serially and randomly? Those cause weight gain.

What to do, what to do?.

I think there are two options: Go back to the cheat day, or make it two cheat meals per week.

I can only do my best at any given moment, and have little resistance when it comes to temptation.

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   208.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (11/13):          203.8 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    + 4.2 lbs.

Diet Comment

Too many casual carbs, and maybe too much alcohol over the weekend. I intend to lose everything back quickly, as my metabolism corrects itself.

Food Log

Breakfast
A Quest bar.

Lunch
Protein shake with almond-coconut milk, kefir, kale, extra-large organic egg, whey powder (36g protein), hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, chia gel, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend.

Snack
Beef-pork bone broth from Core, and Sriracha chicken breast.

Dinner
Salmon patty, and a salad with Spring Mix and cole slaw mix with balsamic vinaigrette.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 80+ oz. 

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